There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pool
s singing at night, And wild-plum trees in tremulous white; Robins will wear their feathery fire(5) Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly;(10) And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone. The structure of this poem may best be described as
A) free verse.
B) a series of rhyming couplets.
C) a series of un-rhymed couplets. D) a series of verses in iambic pentameter.
What is the difference between lines 1-6 and 7-10 of the poem?
A) Lines 1-6 contain figurative language, and lines 7-10 do not.
B) Lines 1-6 are written with definite rhyme and rhythm, and lines 7-10 are not.
C) Lines 1-6 discuss the results of soft rains, and lines 6-10 discuss the awakening of Spring.
D) Lines 1-6 describe the beauty of nature, and lines 6-10 describe nature's indifference to human destruction.
